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sighren
QUOTE (Not saying @ Jan 13 2007, 04:13 PM) *
I used to have a cat that was named Anderson Cooper .lol

The anchor guy on cnn. lol



Awesome! I love animals with full names. Makes me laugh for some reason.
vurtgirl
QUOTE (CvlSrvnt @ Jan 12 2007, 07:37 PM) *
Not trying to sound pompous myself <cough> <whips out Linguistics degree>, but "wordsmith" is no more made up than any other word, and the usage you gave was perfectly acceptable and appropriate. Likewise, "circumlocute" is a word, both in itself and as the correct reduction of "circumlocution" (both meaning "to talk around").

And may I say you have a lovely vocabulary, my dear! wink.gif

SerenityPaintedDeath & CvlSrvnt:
What a coincidence! After I replied to SPD and saw your reply to SerenityPaintedDeath, I had just started reading this book called 'The Pocket Muse' Endless Inspiration, by Monica Wood 'New Ideas for Writing', it's my boyfriend's book, he likes to write, and this is a pretty cool book with lots of good tips and mostly written as a good guide on how to get past writer's block. So anyway, in this book, she used the word Wordsmith, and I just found it funny and ironic that we were just talking about just that in the same context. So I went onto my beloved dictionary.com, and what do you know, it really is a word.
Their definition:
1. an expert in the use of words.
2. a person, as a journalist or novelist, whose vocation is writing.
Just thought you guys might find it interesting,
Vurtgirl smile.gif
TatyGirl
Just to keep those of you who might still be interested in the Kathryn - Vincent - Myspace thing ... (eerie silence ....)

I still haven't heard anything from Myspace as to whether they have a way of verifying if a celebs profile is the real thing or not.

And no new msg from our dear friend "Kathryn" LMAO.
vurtgirl
QUOTE (TatyGirl @ Jan 14 2007, 04:07 PM) *
Just to keep those of you who might still be interested in the Kathryn - Vincent - Myspace thing ... (eerie silence ....)

I still haven't heard anything from Myspace as to whether they have a way of verifying if a celebs profile is the real thing or not.

And no new msg from our dear friend "Kathryn" LMAO.

Huh, I'm not surprised that you didn't hear from the fake Kathryn, but I am kinda surprised that Myspace didn't respond to you. Unless they are just really busy and haven't gotten the chance to yet. I am still really interested in hearing what they have to say about that, so please do tell when/if you ever get an answer from them.
Thanks,
Vurtgirl smile.gif
naydi
...speaking of documentaries, from the one I watched yesterday: original child bomb

kind of wish there was a remix version falling somewhere between the 2
vurtgirl
QUOTE (naydi @ Jan 15 2007, 12:50 PM) *
...speaking of documentaries, from the one I watched yesterday: original child bomb

kind of wish there was a remix version falling somewhere between the 2


Man, girl, you are always finding the best stuff to post on here for our entertainment.
Just in the last couple days, Istanbul not Constantanople, Babes in Toyland Sweet, now this six days.
I'm a metal head, and I still loved it. The video is awesome, and the lady's voice is beautiful. Is the video, just a video, or is it from a movie, and if so which movie. I thought the guy in it was a hottie. I loved the whole feel of the video, the lady was a beauty too. (I agree with you on the in between version of the two, but each was good in it's own way, the song & remix I mean.) smile.gif
Thankyou sweetie for posting this stuff. It really makes my boring days more interesting.
Vurtgirl smile.gif
naydi
QUOTE (vurtgirl @ Jan 15 2007, 03:06 PM) *
Man, girl, you are always finding the best stuff to post on here for our entertainment.
Just in the last couple days, Istanbul not Constantanople, Babes in Toyland Sweet, now this six days.
I'm a metal head, and I still loved it. The video is awesome, and the lady's voice is beautiful. Is the video, just a video, or is it from a movie, and if so which movie. I thought the guy in it was a hottie. I loved the whole feel of the video, the lady was a beauty too. (I agree with you on the in between version of the two, but each was good in it's own way, the song & remix I mean.) smile.gif
Thankyou sweetie for posting this stuff. It really makes my boring days more interesting.
Vurtgirl smile.gif

An interested audience of one - HA HAAAAAAAA!!! But one is more than enough wink.gif (well, two if I count myself...) You know, what's funny is, to me, the voice sounds like that of a male Middle Eastern singer; which would fit the message of the song pretty well. I'm gonna have to look into that now.... The video is from an Asian film director. In looking for his name, I found this iFilm blurb:

Shadow was keen to try something new and different for this video and approached Wong Kar-Wai, one of his favorite filmmakers. It turned out that Kar-Wai was a fan of Shadow's music and was keen to direct for him. The idea was to make a short film revolving around the song's hook line, "Tomorrow never comes until it's too late...." The plot centers around a guy who, upon discovering his girlfriend has betrayed him, tries to destroy all traces of their relationship, eventually realizing that what is done cannot be undone. WKW cast Chang Chen (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) as the lead actor; Danielle Graham, Asia's current leading model, plays his woman. The video was shot by famed cinematographer Christopher Doyle, who has worked on all of WKW's films and has also shot films by directors Gus Van Sant, Barry Levinson and Philip Noyce.

In looking for the video, I saw that it looks like the song was used in the movie Crash; either that or somebody did their own video using movie stills. I wouldn't know either way seeing as I've not had that moment yet where I'll say to myself "You know what, na? Today I feel like we should go and make an effort to get ourselves as severely and inconsolably P'ssed the F-k Off as we can.... Let's go check out Crash!???!!" "....and sh't, while we're at it, isn't it about time that we've seen Roots!!!???!?!!!!" Now, don't get me wrong - These movies do serve an important purpose and should have an audience. It's just that, for the sake of self-preservation, that audience just can't include me...


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went looking for a big scary-a** grin.... managed to come across this... not related to anything said here, mind you, but it must be posted... nothing I can really add to it, either...
naydi
Quick update... The sample is from a song called Six Days War from a Liverpool band called Colonel Bagshot. (not with a ten-foot pole...) The singer is male, but the sample is pitched up just a tiny bit giving off that Middle Eastern/female tone. Seems they released one album in the year of my birth (1971) then went away. I found a couple of sites with the original song, but I can't get to the links from here!!! mad.gif mad.gif (yes - i am at work today) I emailed what I found to my hotmail account, so, hopefully, I'll be able to get the song up when I get home. From the :29 sample I found on another site; think I might end up liking the original better than both of these....



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EDIT: Got it. Much more spare and pretty haunting for a song from '71... Six Days War
vurtgirl
QUOTE (naydi @ Jan 15 2007, 03:42 PM) *
Quick update... The sample is from a song called Six Days War from a Liverpool band called Colonel Bagshot. (not with a ten-foot pole...) The singer is male, but the sample is pitched up just a tiny bit giving off that Middle Eastern/female tone. Seems they released one album in the year of my birth (1971) then went away. I found a couple of sites with the original song, but I can't get to the links from here!!! mad.gif mad.gif (yes - i am at work today) I emailed what I found to my hotmail account, so, hopefully, I'll be able to get the song up when I get home. From the :29 sample I found on another site; think I might end up liking the original better than both of these....



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EDIT: Got it. Much more spare and pretty haunting for a song from '71... Six Days War

Wow, now in this version you can really tell it's a guy. I can't believe the new versions were really still this guy. The things they do with technology. Hey, I did hear a ladies voice together with the man's at the end. How did you figure all this stuff out?
Thanks so much for all that info. You really know your way around the net. I saw the crash version as well, and I did see the movie, but I can't, for the life of me remember if the song was in it, I don't think so, but I'm probably wrong. The crash/you tube just came up when I was listening to the your linked one, and somewhere there I saw Wong Kar-Wai's name, but I didn't know who he was and didn't know the link between Shadow and him. It's really interesting that they'd do that colaboration. As soon as you said Crouching Tiger, I knew then where I saw my hotie. He really is a cutie. I'm gonna have to remember to do a search for more movies with him. Plus how did you know the model thing? Well, thanks again Naydi. Oh, I only count as half a fan, cause I'm broken and crazy. laugh.gif Oooh, maybe we can count all my personalities. laugh.gif
Oh, and I love the giant kitty, aaaaawwwwweeeee.
Vurtgirl smile.gif
rowenaaine
QUOTE (Not saying @ Jan 15 2007, 06:09 PM) *
something more off top lol

I found this game thing in one of my msn groups called how sexy is your name . lol

I typed in Vincent just for the H of it . This is what I got

Your Name Is D^T%n Sexy! smile.gif
Your name scored 143 in the "How Sexy Is Your Name Test"

if you want the link let me know lol i'll pm it to ya lol unless the mods don't mind me postin it here..

Sure - you can post it, sweetie.
jordanriver
So, it's 9:49pm Monday Jan. 15. What's your Tuesday looking like? Tomorrow's our first day of classes, and my sophomore year at Rutgers University is almost over. ohmy.gif
naydi
QUOTE (jordanriver @ Jan 15 2007, 09:50 PM) *
So, it's 9:49pm Monday Jan. 15. What's your Tuesday looking like? Tomorrow's our first day of classes, and my sophomore year at Rutgers University is almost over. ohmy.gif

My tomorrow better look like my Saunders NCLEX prep book will be in the friggin lobby or one of the EIGHT locked mailboxes available to the postman, who suddenly decided that the area just looked "too unsafe" to leave a package in on Friday!!! It was cute, while I was in class 8 hours a day, and therefore not just sitting around on my a** waiting on someone else, for me to say "Oh, I'll start studying when my extra NCLEX book shows up". Having wasted three days for no good d'mn reason isn't so cute! mad.gif mad.gif mad.gif mad.gif

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For me, vurt and Cvl*:

breeders

SERAPH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where u b?



*...and winnie the pooh and b-b, too - if she's not gonna go running scared
vurtgirl
QUOTE (naydi @ Jan 15 2007, 10:59 PM) *
My tomorrow better look like my Saunders NCLEX prep book will be in the friggin lobby or one of the EIGHT locked mailboxes available to the postman, who suddenly decided that the area just looked "too unsafe" to leave a package in on Friday!!! It was cute, while I was in class 8 hours a day, and therefore not just sitting around on my a** waiting on someone else, for me to say "Oh, I'll start studying when my extra NCLEX book shows up". Having wasted three days for no good d'mn reason isn't so cute! mad.gif mad.gif mad.gif mad.gif

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For me, vurt and Cvl*:

breeders

SERAPH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where u b?



*...and winnie the pooh and b-b, too - if she's not gonna go running scared

Oh man does that song hit the spot tonight. What did the Post guy do, leave one of those I can't deliver posties, or something? Did he even try ringing the doorbell? That really is horrible to need so bad to study and not have your d'rn book. I'm so sorry for ya sweets. I know the anger you're feeling only too well.

My day sucked too. (Not so bad as yours, but I feel the need to rag.) Last night it decided to rain a sheet of ice to cover my car in, then sprinkle a couple inches of snow on top, so that the one day I have to move from one place to another, with a bunch of stuff, I had to scrape and dig my way into my car. It took me an entire hour just to get into the trunk to put my stuff in, it was frozen shut. My back feels like someone took a bat to it. I didn't even have anyone to help me, now I'm just whining, I'll stop.

Thanks for song Naydi. I loved it. Is there a video that goes along with it by chance?
Vurtgirl blink.gif sad.gif smile.gif
bwalter
Warming to Day of Suckiness theme here....This afternnoon, withdrew $600 from the ATM to buy bits and pieces, then went to a fab Oz beach down the road, had great swim (if you don't count turning a Pacific Ocean blue in the water) , came home feeling like a picture-postcard Bronzed Aussie (feeling is not the same as looking, btw.) Went over to the store to make purchases. Aha. No cash. None. Nada. Zip. All gone. Le monnaie, c'est disparu. Back to beach, combing same. Can only assume some yobbo will be shouting the drinks at the pub tonight. Only hope that the loot went to some needy soul, not one of the holidaying BMW crowd. There had better be some d$mn good after-the-fact karma in all this ...

And the song did scare the beejeesus out of me. I was, ya know, expecting John Lennon, and POW! Now I just don't feel poor, I feel old and poor. mad.gif

Edit: Oh look. I just broke the French coffee press. Will have to boil ground beans in a pot tonight, and sievethrough a colander. To borrow from 'Art" (Season1): "This day grows ever more delightful".
naydi
^^^will respond rightly tomorrow - shouldn't be on here now, going on 2am, but....

.........


2006 - F'k off (...visuals don't matter worth a d'mn...)
rowenaaine
QUOTE (bwalter @ Jan 16 2007, 01:46 AM) *
Warming to Day of Suckiness theme here....This afternnoon, withdrew $600 from the ATM to buy bits and pieces, then went to a fab Oz beach down the road, had great swim (if you don't count turning a Pacific Ocean blue in the water) , came home feeling like a picture-postcard Bronzed Aussie (feeling is not the same as looking, btw.) Went over to the store to make purchases. Aha. No cash. None. Nada. Zip. All gone. Le monnaie, c'est disparu. Back to beach, combing same. Can only assume some yobbo will be shouting the drinks at the pub tonight. Only hope that the loot went to some needy soul, not one of the holidaying BMW crowd. There had better be some d$mn good after-the-fact karma in all this ...

And the song did scare the beejeesus out of me. I was, ya know, expecting John Lennon, and POW! Now I just don't feel poor, I feel old and poor. mad.gif

Edit: Oh look. I just broke the French coffee press. Will have to boil ground beans in a pot tonight, and sievethrough a colander. To borrow from 'Art" (Season1): "This day grows ever more delightful".

bwalter, I feel for you. Losing $600 is bad enough mad.gif , but breaking the French coffee press???? blink.gif There is almost nothing in the world more important to me than a good cup of cafe au lait. (Well, I mean aside from my hubby, my house, my two cats, my...4 year old Honda Civic...)

Here's hoping the day improves for you... huh.gif

rowe
naydi
so much joy abounds.... no need to thank me.... it's what i do....

how 'bout something to look forward to?
naydi
QUOTE (vurtgirl @ Jan 16 2007, 01:24 AM) *
Oh man does that song hit the spot tonight. What did the Post guy do, leave one of those I can't deliver posties, or something? Did he even try ringing the doorbell? That really is horrible to need so bad to study and not have your d'rn book. I'm so sorry for ya sweets. I know the anger you're feeling only too well.

My day sucked too. (Not so bad as yours, but I feel the need to rag.) Last night it decided to rain a sheet of ice to cover my car in, then sprinkle a couple inches of snow on top, so that the one day I have to move from one place to another, with a bunch of stuff, I had to scrape and dig my way into my car. It took me an entire hour just to get into the trunk to put my stuff in, it was frozen shut. My back feels like someone took a bat to it. I didn't even have anyone to help me, now I'm just whining, I'll stop.

Thanks for song Naydi. I loved it. Is there a video that goes along with it by chance?
Vurtgirl blink.gif sad.gif smile.gif

Downtime is not good. Gives you time to actually think about things that you had artfully "gotten over" while you were busy. God, 2006 sucked.... Did I REALLY need to see what happened to all of the Carusoes? On my f-g Birthday, no less!!?!?! Good. Okay. While I was f-g around, they were embarking on their long road toward killing themselves and each other. Great. Nice to know. All that sh't you looked back on thinking it was fun; well - not gonna do that anymore, are ya? Have fun trying figure out how none of it was your fault. Yeah. Fine. Something in there about only being responsible for yourself and not being put on this earth to try to save everyone you know but F-K, Man.... Couldn't the sh't have been just a 1/2" more subtle!!!!???!?!!! mad.gif


*uhhhff*



...oh, and yeah, regardless of the revelation that came the next week - "dad" can continue on his merry little way to go f-k himself...
naydi
QUOTE (bwalter @ Jan 16 2007, 01:46 AM) *
Warming to Day of Suckiness theme here....This afternnoon, withdrew $600 from the ATM to buy bits and pieces, then went to a fab Oz beach down the road, had great swim (if you don't count turning a Pacific Ocean blue in the water) , came home feeling like a picture-postcard Bronzed Aussie (feeling is not the same as looking, btw.) Went over to the store to make purchases. Aha. No cash. None. Nada. Zip. All gone. Le monnaie, c'est disparu. Back to beach, combing same. Can only assume some yobbo will be shouting the drinks at the pub tonight. Only hope that the loot went to some needy soul, not one of the holidaying BMW crowd. There had better be some d$mn good after-the-fact karma in all this ...

And the song did scare the beejeesus out of me. I was, ya know, expecting John Lennon, and POW! Now I just don't feel poor, I feel old and poor. mad.gif

Edit: Oh look. I just broke the French coffee press. Will have to boil ground beans in a pot tonight, and sievethrough a colander. To borrow from 'Art" (Season1): "This day grows ever more delightful".

D'mn.

Now that's a lousy day!!! I've got to ask one question, though. I know you'll want to slap me because part of the pain has got to be wrapped up in asking yourself this very question: Why, pray tell, did you bring $600 to the beach? What happened, there? I'm reminded of a certain acquaintence's recent move to run a certain red light... All I can figure - either somebody really did need that money (though, had they actively stolen it rather than it falling out - any idea around it being a 'gift' is pretty much dead) or somebody needed to be allowed that chance to place the final nail in their karmic coffin and you were to be the day's conduit. Either way, I'm sure it'll come back to you some way, somehow...
vurtgirl
QUOTE (bwalter @ Jan 16 2007, 12:46 AM) *
Warming to Day of Suckiness theme here....This afternnoon, withdrew $600 from the ATM to buy bits and pieces, then went to a fab Oz beach down the road, had great swim (if you don't count turning a Pacific Ocean blue in the water) , came home feeling like a picture-postcard Bronzed Aussie (feeling is not the same as looking, btw.) Went over to the store to make purchases. Aha. No cash. None. Nada. Zip. All gone. Le monnaie, c'est disparu. Back to beach, combing same. Can only assume some yobbo will be shouting the drinks at the pub tonight. Only hope that the loot went to some needy soul, not one of the holidaying BMW crowd. There had better be some d$mn good after-the-fact karma in all this ...

And the song did scare the beejeesus out of me. I was, ya know, expecting John Lennon, and POW! Now I just don't feel poor, I feel old and poor. mad.gif

Edit: Oh look. I just broke the French coffee press. Will have to boil ground beans in a pot tonight, and sievethrough a colander. To borrow from 'Art" (Season1): "This day grows ever more delightful".

Oh, cr'p! Now I don't feel so bad at all about my stuff. That s'cks so bad. I am so sorry for ya. I can tell you, that I really do think that you'll get it back some day, in some way. I have lost money, and then years later, I found like three times the amount I lost, actually more. Although, I stuck around and waited for someone to show up looking at the ground for their money. They never came back, and I waited a long time, hours and hours, plus I kept going back to see if they put up any signs. I would've given it back to them in a second if they did, but no wallet, no ID, just cash, a bunch of hundreds rolled up. Ok, well, I don't know if this is helping. blink.gif I just don't want you to feel bad. Just think about how many times all of us have spent money on unneeded things, or that it could have been alot worse. Don't think of the loss, think of it differently. Negative feelings will only make you depressed, it won't bring back your mony, sweets, so just forget it. Health and happiness is so much more important. I would give everything I had just to be able to walk the way I use to (it wouldn't add up to much, but you get my point.) laugh.gif
Hope you feel happier by the time your read this, you bronzed Aussie,
Vurtgirl smile.gif
Where did you have the money? In your pocket, wallet, purse? Shoe? Maybe make a lil sign over there and post it up somewhere, cause if it was found by mistake and not stollen, then they may be good people that would return it if they knew how to contact you. Just an idea. Take care bwalter.
naydi
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HA! laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif You're probably gonna need a life-size effigy, some fresh chickens, a toad and a couple goats to get that plan underway....







...that'll be $12.95.***




Hey Cv - what we got left in the back!!???!!







***EDIT: d'mn me for not adding "Please drive around"

"...for an extra $50, we can see about makin'im sing..."

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chicken from outer space
CvlSrvnt
naydi, you are my heroine...or is that heroin?

vurt - my sympathies. I got up two hours early this morning knowing I would also have to dig - and then drive - through all that ice and snow. This morning both my car doors and door locks were frozen shut. Picture me "running" across the icy concrete outside my apartment, down the icy iron steps, and through the icy and snowy parking lot with a double handful of wet, steaming towel, hoping it will still be steaming when I arrive so I can defrost at least one door when I get to the car so it'll be worth it to have my gloves already be wet when I start scraping snow off the windshield. Arrgh. I did finally get the passenger-side door open, got the car running, and then managed not to wreck on the drive to work, despite the fact that I had no feeling left in my wet and frozen fingertips.

b - hrmmph. S'what you get for having an otherwise beautiful day at the beach while all us Yanks are freezing. (still love you, though. sorry about the cash sad.gif ).
bwalter
I am sooo not understanding how to cleanly pick up and insert selected quotes from each post, so I'm responding on an ad hoc, ad hominem, ad nauseum basis here.

NA - The answer to your question: I'm stupid (you can see which question that answers, and yes, it is apposite to red light scenario). Thought that I would save $20 in ATM/Visa fees. Gee, that worked out well, dinnit?

Vurt - Money in widncheater pocket. Just as good as Fort Knox. Not. You are soooo right about relative values, though. I'm nearly over the money. Still, getting Naydi's shopping list at the ready. Lemme see, got the goats, got the chicken blood, effigy half-finished. Just need toad. Looking, looking, looking... ah, here comes an ex-boyfriend.

Cvl: HOW does a car freeze shut? I have never heard of such a thing! And, hey, no running on iced stairs. Not a good plan. Otherwise you may be joining the Red-Light-Running-Careless-with-Cash Club as the Disney-on-Ice-Victim.

Rowe: You're right. In fact,I may be nearly over the cash, but I'm still not over the French press and the coffee made in a colander. Jeez. You could have cleaned windshields with it, or defrosted Cvl's car.

For everyone's else's Day or Year of Suckiness, you really have not just my sympathy, but my empathy. Naydi, just think "pin", and let the Carusoes of the world recede. Vurt, you will have a much improved 2007, I know this for a fact.
naydi
Hey?? What happened to Keiko's post that was above this? No love for Drive-Thru Voodoo To Go? "When you need 'em your way right away"? aaaw meee-an....

( ph34r.gif hope she didn't misunderstand and think that i was making some sort of ethnic/cultural insult... thought about that afterward ph34r.gif - gotta know me better than that by now, Keik!![?] - COME BACK, GIRL!!!! Late Night With Letterman by next Friday... [then my house] I GA.RUN.TEE!!!!)

QUOTE (naydi @ Jan 16 2007, 04:51 PM) *
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HA! laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif You're probably gonna need a life-size effigy, some fresh chickens, a toad and a couple goats to get that plan underway....







...that'll be $12.95.***




Hey Cv - what we got left in the back!!???!!







***EDIT: d'mn me for not adding "Please drive around"

"...for an extra $50, we can see about makin'im sing..."

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chicken from outer space
naydi
QUOTE (CvlSrvnt @ Jan 16 2007, 09:11 PM) *
naydi, you are my heroine...or is that heroin?

vurt - my sympathies. I got up two hours early this morning knowing I would also have to dig - and then drive - through all that ice and snow. This morning both my car doors and door locks were frozen shut. Picture me "running" across the icy concrete outside my apartment, down the icy iron steps, and through the icy and snowy parking lot with a double handful of wet, steaming towel, hoping it will still be steaming when I arrive so I can defrost at least one door when I get to the car so it'll be worth it to have my gloves already be wet when I start scraping snow off the windshield. Arrgh. I did finally get the passenger-side door open, got the car running, and then managed not to wreck on the drive to work, despite the fact that I had no feeling left in my wet and frozen fingertips.

b - hrmmph. S'what you get for having an otherwise beautiful day at the beach while all us Yanks are freezing. (still love you, though. sorry about the cash sad.gif ).
You know - wallowing in dead, dying and suicidal Carusoes, I completely missed vurt's winter woes. My area just dodged a bullet when the ice storm that hit northern NE veered up and away from us. Today's, actually, our first "real" winter day; with it being below 20 degrees. Heard on the news that there's people in NH without power from the ice storm and probably will be for the next day or so. Just in time for the freeze. *oof!!*

Best Christmas present I have EVER received in life: An automatic starter. Can take it from one car to the next, too. Should be standard equipment for anyone in a winter-weather state (there's a word for that... h'll if I know it). Little trick someone told me; if it doesn't catch the signal at a certain distance, try it with the clicker under your chin. Don't know how, not sure I want to, but somehow the signal gets amplified. It'll probably kill me some day in some way shape or form. But, ooooo, but that's toasty.....

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hmmm - ya know who'd make one H'LL of an elf.....

FRED CLAUS: Santa's naughty brother (Vince Vaughn) is bailed out of jail by St. Nick (Paul Giamatti) and forced to work off his debt making toys at the North Pole.


Yeah, yeah... the Vaughn thing is so annoyingly dead, tired, old and decrepite; but who couldn't use a moment of picturing our friend as an elf? With a hat and the 'Cell' hair? Maybe still being able to work in a butt? C'mooooon!!!
naydi
Having a hard time getting up posts without getting caught...

(In the interest of limiting my quoting to 2 posts in row cuz 3 just looks d'mn ugly:) I bow to you, b, though I always thought that Cvl would have made a h'll of a go at that Ice Capades thing if she'd just stuck with it... Especially considering all that Rockette and Lord of the Dance experience. What can I say. It's too bad the Army just has no rep for discpline, man. Went and made her soft....





*runs like a bat out of h'll just set on gasoline-fed fire*
rowenaaine
QUOTE (naydi @ Jan 17 2007, 10:49 AM) *
Having a hard time getting up posts without getting caught...

(In the interest of limiting my quoting to 2 posts in row cuz 3 just looks d'mn ugly:)



*runs like a bat out of h'll just set on gasoline-fed fire*

Hey - you were able to change your "Advanced Member" title! Yay! (I think 500 posts is the magic number that lets you do it.) Awesome! tongue.gif

But, my little pony? blink.gif
naydi
QUOTE (rowenaaine @ Jan 17 2007, 11:02 AM) *
Hey - you were able to change your "Advanced Member" title! Yay! (I think 500 posts is the magic number that lets you do it.) Awesome! tongue.gif

But, my little pony? blink.gif


Closest I've come to having my life-worn demands for one fulfilled. Think Cvl's still working on getting a trailer rig hooked up for a cross-country animal drive, though... Hope it's pank
naydi
QUOTE (Keiko12 @ Jan 17 2007, 01:54 PM) *

I purposedly deleted it to make another off-topic when the PC suddenly died on me as I was about to click 'ADD REPLY'. Darn electricity! laugh.gif Oh well, it was just about Mr. Meloni's guesting on Conan O'Brien anyway and somebody from SVU Board told me it was a rerun. biggrin.gif Sorry I scared you!

**PHEW!!** unsure.gif

Thought I might have hit that magic moment of having been just a little bit too vague with where I was going!

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vurtgirl
So how's everyone doing today?

Naydi
- Have you gotten your book yet?

bwalter
- Did you win the lotto and buy yourself a primo French coffee press yet?

Cvl
- Have you defrosted yet?

As for me, I'm still in a bit of pain from the ice/snow dig, but otherwise ok physically. Psychologically, that's a different story. wacko.gif
Well, I hope you all are well. bwalter, I wish I was out there right now. It'd be so nice to soak in the sun and warmth right now and let all the stress and pain melt off me. Oooh, I bet that sounds nice to everyone on this side of the earth to the north right now. laugh.gif
Vurtgirl smile.gif
vurtgirl
QUOTE (naydi @ Jan 17 2007, 01:06 PM) *
**PHEW!!** unsure.gif

Thought I might have hit that magic moment of having been just a little bit too vague with where I was going!

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Actually your comment, now pointing to my post, kinda works there too. I knew you meant it to Keiko, but I found it funny seeing it pointing as a reply to my post. laugh.gif We could make it work.
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CvlSrvnt
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Cvl - Have you defrosted yet?

Nah, I won't defrost fully until Fourth of July - I usually regain feeling in my feet by then. Sorry to hear you're still feelin' poorly. Maybe next time I can send one of my nephews uptown to dig you out! smile.gif

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Cvl: HOW does a car freeze shut? I have never heard of such a thing! And, hey, no running on iced stairs. Not a good plan. Otherwise you may be joining the Red-Light-Running-Careless-with-Cash Club as the Disney-on-Ice-Victim.

It's Chicago in January - if you blink too long your eyelids freeze shut. Actually, the cold damp Lake Michigan air blows across the land all night (hence the ubiquitous ice). Since the vehicle is made of real, honest-to-God Detroit metal (a '94 Chevy), it tends to freeze in cold damp weather. So by morning (and it is definitely still morning when I leave for work) there is a crust of ice sealing the doors shut, and the exterior locking mechanism is frozen so tight the key won't go in all the way (or if it does, it won't turn), and if it gets cold enough, the interior mechanism (inside the door panel) even freezes. Not to mention all the glass that needs to be scraped...and the grill de-iced...and the heat won't kick in for at least five miles. Anyway, you get the picture. You have to thaw large areas of the truck before you can drive it...then you still have to deal with the ice on the roads.
Note to naydi - I am saving up for an auto-start as we speak!

Re the coffee - try brewing it "Army style". Boil a pot of water. Dump in ground coffee and an egg. Boil a little while longer, and use a ladle to dip out a cup of coffee off the top (the egg will pull most of the grounds together at the bottom of the pot).
CvlSrvnt
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I bow to you, b, though I always thought that Cvl would have made a h'll of a go at that Ice Capades thing if she'd just stuck with it... Especially considering all that Rockette and Lord of the Dance experience. What can I say. It's too bad the Army just has no rep for discpline, man. Went and made her soft....

*runs like a bat out of h'll just set on gasoline-fed fire*

Ooohhhh girl, you best be runnin'. And you're d@mn lucky I busted my hip at the Ice Capades auditions. Otherwise I'd be skidding down the stairs right now, stealing a rig, and driving to MA with full lights and sirens. On the other hand, it would be nice to check out the new floor drains in your BR....mmmm...what are you doing this weekend? (I mean, after I thump your head)
naydi
QUOTE (CvlSrvnt @ Jan 17 2007, 09:49 PM) *
Ooohhhh girl, you best be runnin'. And you're d@mn lucky I busted my hip at the Ice Capades auditions. Otherwise I'd be skidding down the stairs right now, stealing a rig, and driving to MA with full lights and sirens. On the other hand, it would be nice to check out the new floor drains in your BR....mmmm...what are you doing this weekend? (I mean, after I thump your head)

*Sorry! Can't hear ya!!*(WHAT THE **** HAPPENED TO THE LITTLE HIDEY GUY???!! mad.gif )

Actually, I'm happy to report that I will be spending this weekend curled up on the couch in the warm glow of Fundementals in Nursing (yep-got refresh the text book procedures for all the crap you just DO at this point) and my new Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN with accompanying disc of 3,000 test questions - Thas'right, vurt - got my sh't!!! cool.gif Got an email from my girl Tara; the class queen of tension. It's said the necessary anal focus of colitis just does that to a person. I can definitely see how that would happen - her constant tension's not exactly her fault. AAAAANYwho - she took her test today and it cut off at 75 questions; the bare minimum number. She says she cried because she's afraid that she failed given the number of med questions she got on drugs we never, EVER covered. She's asking if I have the phone number that they gave us in the review through which you can pay $8 to get your results by phone within 3 hours rather than waiting the 2-3wks for the official mailing, or 2-3days to check online. Don't have the number on me, here - do have it at home. Given that I was just challenged to GO HOME and REGISTER for my test RIGHT WHEN I GOT IN yesterday (what does an intellectually confident person do when they, actually, do encounter a fear of failing? Nothing, apparently), I'm not particularly interested in 'being there' for her in hashing the whole thing out right about now. Nice step in the right direction for me, I think.... I will, however, need to respond when I get home because you can't leave someone wallowing in feeling that awful by themselves for so long. ('least i can't) So, basically, THIS WEEKEND, I will be eyeball deep in NCLEX studying. <---yeah, that was my original point, right? humph....

NEXT weekend, however, I'll be having company starting Friday night courtesy of the chicken, toad, and goat smeared effigy. You're welcome to stop by for maybe.....*tssssss*...an hour, but That's All You Get!!!! mad.gif mad.gif mad.gif

Don't ever say I never gave you anything...


(okaaaaaay, maybe 2 hours if my pony is pink...)
rowenaaine
What's up with the board "enhancements?" Did anyone hear they were doing this? (Grumble, you'd think a stankin' moderator would hear somtin' 'bout it)

Don't dislike the changes, yet (the ones I've figured out, that is) but would have liked to know. All my PMs were wiped out.

If anyone PM'd me since dinner yesterday, I ain'ta got 'em.

rowe
bwalter
Naydi, Cvl and a pony. Hmmm.I sense this pony is going to need therapy. Unless it's a gel-maned, chain-encrusted punk-gothic pony with an encyclopedic knowledge of pharmacopia and a fondness for pranks involving human road kill.

EdiT: What board enhancements? Where?
naydi
^Nope! and with all the 'improvements', the Signature is still the size of electronic postage stamp.. I mean, mine doesn't even span the standard width of the page but I can't add squeaks!!??!! 'the h'll, man?? dang

Tried adding him as my picture instead thinking it would replace the icon next to my name. That was a nice fake out... well played... dry.gif


(EDIT: dagnabit, b!!! I was, of course, responding to rowe's board question...)
naydi
Oh yeah - had a dream with Pooh Bear in it. Don't remember a d'mn thing about it except I felt bad for him for some reason... Poor lil' fella

....and, b, I'll have you know that I've no doubt that my new home for main-lining ***** ponies will be a tremendous success!!!
vurtgirl
QUOTE (rowenaaine @ Jan 18 2007, 11:57 AM) *
What's up with the board "enhancements?" Did anyone hear they were doing this? (Grumble, you'd think a stankin' moderator would hear somtin' 'bout it)

Don't dislike the changes, yet (the ones I've figured out, that is) but would have liked to know. All my PMs were wiped out.

If anyone PM'd me since dinner yesterday, I ain'ta got 'em.

rowe

Wow, a bunch of changes. That's funny, I was gonna ask you about this just as you posted this comment. As far as I can see, they are good changes. Yeah, I definitely think that's not so cool that they didn't give notice to anyone, especially Mods about this. Maybe you can contact them to ask for some info on the changes, or give them a piece of your mind for not giving you notice. laugh.gif

Oooh, how about we all name every change we have noticed so far, at least until, or if they put out some kind of notice of changes they've made.
  • I noticed that our PM space has gotten alot larger. Mine was at about 95% full yesterday and now it's only at 2%, and I don't see any deleted messages, so yeah, I think they have given us more space for PMs.
  • I also noticed changes right here where I'm typing my post. There are extras, but I haven't looked through enough to name them yet.
  • Ok, I just noticed that when you press the Edit button now, it just takes you straight to a Full Edit, instead of giving you the choice as before.
  • I also noticed they no longer show if someone is logged on or not by looking at one of their posts. EDIT: Actually they still do show if you're online only now it's with a lil head on top on your name. If it's in color, you're on, if it's black and white, you're off...
  • Also, when you click on your name, or anyone's name on any post, you get the options for users posts, user topics and such there now.
  • Found one not so good change - when I'm on this show's board, and go to the log in screen then log in, it takes me to the all show blogs board, instead of back to this CI board as it always has before.
  • Just noticed that at the bottom of the page you're on, it now tells you how many users are on.
  • Lots of changes on user's profile view, the page you go to when you click on someone's name, or your own.
Anyone that can name more changes or elaborate on them, please do. I'd just hate to miss some cool change for a couple months until I notice it by accident. laugh.gif
Thanks,
Vurtgirl smile.gif
vurtgirl
I've been adding changes I noticed to my post from this afternoon, but I edit and add so the time doesn't change, and it doesn't bring it up to the top. Soooo, laugh.gif I'm just bumping up so that others could see it and maybe add some too.
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CvlSrvnt
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Naydi, Cvl and a pony. Hmmm.I sense this pony is going to need therapy. Unless it's a gel-maned, chain-encrusted punk-gothic pony with an encyclopedic knowledge of pharmacopia and a fondness for pranks involving human road kill.

Hey, don't tell naydi, but tonight NBC is offering a live blog chat with The H0rny Manatee. That sounds like it should be right up our darling's seriously deviant alley.
naydi
QUOTE (CvlSrvnt @ Jan 18 2007, 10:18 PM) *
Hey, don't tell naydi, but tonight NBC is offering a live blog chat with The H0rny Manatee. That sounds like it should be right up our darling's seriously deviant alley.

ohmy.gif Ummmmm.... I don't know how you all live, but the pink and magical, broken down, addicted, and physically used up pony was only to be an invited guest???

unsure.gif i, uh, think i'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you to maybe hold off on stoppin' by till i'm sure i'm good and done... i'll uhhh... call you... yeah.... that's it... i'll call... unsure.gif
(bring back my hidey man invision bas'tards!! mad.gif )
akajoy
QUOTE (Keiko12 @ Jan 19 2007, 02:11 PM) *
grr... still figuring out how to change that advance member under my image! i don't see my name on edit personal info either... huh.gif


Hey, didn't you two just BREAK UP? What's up with the kissing??? dry.gif


And oh yeah! Stabler & Benson just broke up and ended up w/ new partners! On the contrary, she was on a maternity leave! Dah... That was REALLY painful for what Stabler said to Benson. Worst than Goren shot back at Eames' question at TWAH. blink.gif

You're just slipping away one bit at a time, lol. The more I see that picture of Benson and Stabler I notice that his mouth is like way open but then if I were a guy, or gay which I am neither, I guess my mouth would be open wide too for her lol. Just a weird observation.

Joy
akajoy
Now my 9 year old wants to know why benson and stabler are kissing... Way too much L&O in our household lol.

Joy
rowenaaine
QUOTE (Keiko12 @ Jan 19 2007, 03:11 PM) *
grr... still figuring out how to change that advance member under my image! i don't see my name on edit personal info either... huh.gif

Hi Keiko,

I don't think we are able to change Advanced Member text until after 500 posts. So, you're more than halfway there. smile.gif

rowe
akajoy
QUOTE (Keiko12 @ Jan 19 2007, 06:41 PM) *
Well... my 6 year old niece is awfully curious what "R_ _ _" is when she sees me watch SVU and hears the detectives' conversation. Great, another nosey around me, so help me I CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT TO A KID! laugh.gif

About this picture under me? I will change a new one as a background smile.gif



Hey, didn't you two just BREAK UP? What's up with the kissing??? dry.gif


And oh yeah! Stabler & Benson just broke up and ended up w/ new partners! On the contrary, she was on a maternity leave! Dah... That was REALLY painful for what Stabler said to Benson. Worst than Goren shot back at Eames' question at TWAH. blink.gif

Yeah I remember that conversation, I told them that it was someone getting physical with someone else who didn't want it. I also told them it wasn't romantic, it wasn't love, it was an assault a very personal degarding assault, that about took care of it.

Joy
CvlSrvnt
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Hehe Don't mind me, dear VDO fans! Just experimenting my new background lol! Getting tired of the kissing Stabler & Benson! Hope this is better! wink.gif

Hey, Keiko! When you get tired of the cat, can you replace it with one of Goren running?
naydi
QUOTE (Keiko12 @ Jan 20 2007, 03:49 AM) *
Hehe Don't mind me, dear VDO fans! Just experimenting my new background lol! Getting tired of the kissing Stabler & Benson! Hope this is better! wink.gif

"Elite crimefighters never cease until they prevail!"

Yes - Much better (and much smaller!!) What is this "background" of which you speak?? Are you telling me that the picture shows up automatically when you post? Is there hope for sqeaks to live on as a permanent fixture outside of the limits of the Signature module?? sad.gif huh.gif

Cvl- There's not enough room on the board to constantly display such a large act of violence....
coastie
QUOTE (Not saying @ Jan 21 2007, 11:52 AM) *
We will never find one like that . lol



I can vaguely remember Goren and Eames entering a house/room with their guns drawn or was I only dreaming. rolleyes.gif
CvlSrvnt
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Cvl- There's not enough room on the board to constantly display such a large act of violence....

...says the lady whose temper has been known to smack her senseless, drag her out of the room, assume her nickname, and spew highly irate (and often amusing) diatribes all over this board.


(Are you listening, NBC? Stop p!ssing this woman off!!)
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